Yet there's a risk of diluting what OpenStack stands for.
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Granite stones that keep their drink cold without diluting it
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Notification spam ruins social networks, diluting the real human interaction.
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Meanwhile, any talk of diluting the rules has Democrats howling.
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"We're not co-mingling experiences and diluting each one," Jaber said.
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They accuse Francis of wrecking the church and diluting its doctrine.
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The Badlands versions change the targets without always diluting the offensiveness.
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Despite this, Brady said he doesn't think that's diluting the overall product.
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We can't reunite the church by ignoring the past or diluting truth.
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If Softbank invests in Paytm, it will end up diluting Alibaba's stake.
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Humor needn't be a diluting agent; it can be a Trojan horse.
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It's not like we're diluting the in-store experience versus the mobile.
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Dr. Porto and Dr. DiMaggio cautioned against diluting formula with extra water.
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But in trying to modernize, these cities risk diluting their local flavor.
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Synyster blamed some of the new followers for diluting the original message.
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Fans from stronger countries will complain about diluting the quality of the tournament.
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So how should we think about the possible effects of diluting their power?
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Moscow and Transneft have also not offered any help towards diluting contaminated oil.
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Did the Arnau's feel like competition was possibly, just possibly, diluting their USP?
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But the notoriously fractious opposition is also split into many parties, diluting support.
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The House packs urban liberal voters into single member districts, diluting their power.
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All this talk of indexes, it's a little bit diluting of our intellect.
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Meeting up in person has helped Gothics assimilate without diluting their dark style.
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Diluting the company to pay down debt doesn't sound like a wise move.
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Twitter's become basic, and it's diluting the oeuvre of otherwise great writers and thinkers.
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We also need to find ways of strengthening democracy rather than constantly diluting it.
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PDVSA also imports about 100,000 bpd of naphtha for diluting its extra heavy oil.
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Moreover, a direct listing allows a company to go public without diluting its shares.
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Analysts said Pearson had extracted a good price without overly diluting its future earnings.
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"As my brain's diluting, I suffer from whiplash," he sang, chewing on his words.
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They're surprisingly hard to use without dropping or diluting with water as you shower.
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He's now on the ballot as an independent — diluting the anti-de Blasio vote.
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That retaliation, the plaintiffs said, violated the First Amendment by diluting their voting power.
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The remaking of the city has also played a role in diluting the language.
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That latter practice risked diluting the value of shares held by existing Retrophin investors.
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Even better, because you're not using ice, you don't end up diluting the drink.
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He trimmed it to nine minutes, diluting its potency, and numbing its necessary nausea.
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So they have to expand the number of stocks they buy, diluting their best ideas.
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Some are concerned about diluting their credibility as scientists by jumping into the political fray.
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She also added that the wreck is quite deep and the radiation is diluting quickly.
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Jews survived the Crusades, Torquemada, Chmielnicki and Hitler without ever diluting their passion for Jerusalem.
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Curtailments quickly changed the economics, boosting Canadian prices and diluting a major advantage for Husky.
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This new entity would allow Workhorse to seek new equity without diluting existing shareholder value.
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It ended up segmenting up the bazaar and diluting a lot of the original sights.
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To be sure, some business owners have questioned Google diluting customer relationships and capturing data.
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But spending too many words on it runs the risk of diluting your stronger issues.
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After all, the experiment had also fundamentally changed the older mouse blood by diluting it.
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But Mr. Gelb is wary of diluting the Met's brand by joining aggregate streaming sites.
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Such a collective move would restore balance by diluting right-wing influence in closed primaries.
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In the 1990s, companies significantly increased the number of cards issued, effectively diluting the market.
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An ideal summer gadget, it chills hot coffee in under a minute without diluting flavor.
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Disney repeatedly reinvested capital to avoid bankruptcy at Euro Disney, in the process diluting others' holdings.
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But it is hard to turn boutique products into mass-market ones without diluting their virtues.
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In traditional IPO, new shares are created, underwritten and sold to the public, diluting existing stakeholders.
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Suburban ex-Republicans are worth pursuing, but not at the risk of diluting liberal policy commitments.
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I truly believe both can exist in the same realm of fashion without diluting the other.
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Investors have described diluting Kalanick's power as a necessary step on the path to making amends.
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The research accompanied efforts to stretch the national stockpile of smallpox vaccine by safely diluting it.
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How do parties take such votes without diluting the support and enthusiasm of their core constituencies?
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Many Texans felt that the Mexican migrants were stealing their jobs and diluting "traditional" Texan culture.
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These let companies raise cash at lower interest rates without immediately issuing stock and diluting their shareholders.
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Luxury labels have hitherto shunned the second-hand trade, fearing diluting their exclusivity and cannibalising their sales.
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If you find it too strong, consider diluting it with half apple cider vinegar and half water.
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The HyperChiller can chill hot coffee by up to 130 degrees in 60 seconds without diluting it.
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It is unclear which parts of the firm soak up disproportionate resources relative to profits, diluting returns.
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And if you have multiple loans, it could spread across all those balances, essentially diluting your efforts.
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Failure to vote incurs a fine, and virtually everyone votes, diluting the impact of any party's extremists.
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Luxury labels have hitherto shunned the second-hand trade, fearing diluting their exclusivity and cannibalizing their sales.
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The multitude of independent Christian candidates had also played a role by diluting the vote, he said.
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Trump and his closest advisers have responded defensively, and without seriously diluting their views on the Kremlin.
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" Cesaire wrote, "Thus, far from contradicting, diluting, or diverting our revolutionary attitude toward life, surrealism strengthens it.
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The prep I did for the core writers could suddenly scale without diluting the quality of instruction.
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Probably, but it's a harmless one that's not diluting the quality of Nintendo's and Sony's main consoles.
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The court argued that the current map violated the state's constitution on elections by diluting Democratic votes.
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If the White House fails to stop the bill entirely, it still might succeed in diluting it.
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According to a new study published today in Scientific Reports, diluting whiskey can indeed improve the drink's taste.
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After diluting the sample with distilled water, it still registered a lead reading of 1,20163 parts per billion.
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The popularity contest that has become the election is diluting our time, attention and ability to think critically.
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Alleged maladministration within the Nigerian military is another issue diluting the efficacy of the country's counter-terrorism response.
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Instead of regular ice, freeze coffee in an ice cube tray to cool your drink without diluting it.
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Chill thoroughly to prevent diluting it down when you serve it over crushed ice garnished with cucumber slices.
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It chills hot coffee in under a minute without diluting flavor, and is dishwasher safe for easy cleaning.
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"Multiculturalism is very controversial in Quebec because they view it as way of diluting their Frenchness," he said.
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By diluting these heavily, Hahnemann believed the same extracts could treat diseases that produced similar symptoms (like malaria).
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Instead, the decision effectively limited the size of the group of players suing the league, diluting their leverage.
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However, diluting the population of Beijing by evicting migrant workers has an acutely negative impact on the city.
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But you can overdo it, by bringing on too many people, diluting your profit, and confusing your strategy.
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TV people are tooting and Google is diluting, but first, a cartoon about a sticky climate change problem.
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And Hyodo wonders whether the geysers on Enceladus' south pole are adding more water, diluting the rings' pollution.
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"So close," she said, before launching into a rant about rock stars who risk diluting their own potential.
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But you can overdo it, by bringing on too many people, diluting your profit and confusing your strategy.
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Devoting time to other conditions more commonly associated with PBA amounted to "diluting your chances," the manager wrote.
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Yet, to do that for any part of *Perspective 2: The Misdemeanor *would risk diluting a viscerally haunting experience.
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Giving extra power to Labour members would mean diluting that of the unions, which will not cede it lightly.
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Characteristically stingy about giving out Uber stock and diluting the ownership stakes of existing investors, Kalanick declined the transaction.
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They also pay their staff in stock, diluting existing owners (and thus reinforcing the effect of founders' share sales).
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Some protesters carried banners demanding a nationwide shutdown, while others held placards saying the judgment was diluting the law.
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The Hyperchiller can ice down liquids in under a minute — without diluting — making it perfect for that morning rush.
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He has all but shown that he would continue the Supreme Court's recent jurisprudence diluting the Voting Rights Act.
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Etihad putting more cash into Jet is conditional on Goyal diluting his stake, another person told Reuters last month.
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The cash infusion was proportionally split by majority-owner Dakang and partners to avoid diluting any investors, he said.
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Sussman acknowledged that the overall surplus of award shows is a likely factor in declining ratings, diluting the experience.
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Her goal is to gain a larger audience for the younger artists she cultivates without diluting their subversive charisma.
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He also complained about the influx of people from the mainland, which he said was diluting Hong Kong's culture.
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Leaders believe the only way to mobilize is to sweep in many disparate groups, which risks diluting their message.
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But they also have a functional value because they keep your old fashioned cold without diluting it too much.
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On the other hand, Democrats might fear diluting or distracting from their likely lead charge on the Ukraine scandal.
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And the political left greeted foreignness as a value in itself, enriching Germany's menus and diluting its Nazi DNA.
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By October, more than 31 million people were vaccinated — but only by diluting each dose by five to one.
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But that's actually just diluting the remaining blood in the body and making it harder for them to get oxygen.
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First, by agreeing to allow Uber to apply its branding to its scooters, Lime will be diluting its own brand.
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She sharpens outsiders' eyes and ears without pandering or diluting the acts themselves or reducing the dialogue to facile takeaways.
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Luxury watchmakers have hitherto eschewed the second-hand trade, fearing diluting the exclusivity of their brands and cannibalizing their sales.
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It also suffers from the diluting of better varieties with cheaper, more plentiful ones, as in the case olive oil.
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The Energy Department document estimated that diluting the plutonium would require 400 jobs at Savannah River through the late 2040s.
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The issue will increase the number of Vodafone Idea shares by 229 percent, diluting it to 28.74 billion outstanding shares.
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After a lengthy lawsuit in which Craigslist was accused of diluting eBay's financial stake, however, Newmark bought back the shares.
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A long fight in China could have drained its resources and forced it to raise more money, diluting their stake.
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The HyperChiller streamlines the process by separating the coffee and ice to cool the coffee without diluting it with water.
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Observers say this could be a technique to keep the candidate's feed from filling up and diluting his own messages.
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Diluting ties to home states and communities, and filling classrooms with students from around the nation, can free ingrained perspectives.
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I just don't want there to be a ceiling of where I could take this brand to without diluting it.
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Mothers were diluting the formula to make it last longer, or proper sanitary conditions were not present in remote areas.
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There's always Twitter, of course: help improve my user experience by diluting the number of British politicians on my timeline.
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In trying to reinvent itself as a live TV service, it risks diluting its biggest differentiator — robust on-demand content.
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The machines did not work as advertised, and were diluting patients' blood in a way that could produce inaccurate results.
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And the trick, right, is figuring out how you make that more accessible to more people without diluting the value?
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That means Zuckerberg could sell them, liquidating two-thirds of his economic stake in Facebook, without diluting his voting power.
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As a result, twelve Democrat voters sued the state over an election map they consider unconstitutional for diluting Democratic votes.
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It doesn't have a finite supply, in fact, it has a philosophy of essentially diluting 1 percent a year forever.
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But it has niacin and other colorings added to it on purpose so your urine is a normal color after diluting.
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The U.S. also could cut off the export of diluents, a diluting agent Venezuela needs to thin down its heavy fuel.
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The directive was widely criticized as diluting a government assurance that banks would accept the notes until the end of December.
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Have you been in other circumstances where you felt that love scenes or other gratuitous sexual moments were diluting a film?
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The former leader also threw his support behind the Botswana Patriotic Front, a newly formed party, diluting the governing party's majority.
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This is especially good for all you hot coffee lovers who don't enjoy the extra step of diluting cold brew concentrate.
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Framing reform as such a broad issue risks diluting Macron's drive to beef up the euro zone with extra funding firepower.
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The Hyperchiller can ice down liquids in under a minute — without diluting the flavor — making it perfect for that morning rush.
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Acting together, they can promote accounts or hashtags that, say, praise the kingdom's leadership while diluting the presence of critical conversations.
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And now, they have had to make electoral deals with pragmatists, diluting the very notion of "reformist" as a political category.
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Our focus in the early years post investment was really on, how do you grow this content without diluting the quality?
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Combatting fake news and disinformation on social media without restricting freedom of speech or diluting journalistic content will take a village.
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"I think if I'd been smarter I would have recognized that [we were diluting the clubs' glamour]," Hefner told Vanity Fair.
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For three of them, the lower court claimed they were discriminatory in effect by diluting minority votes (without showing intentional discrimination).
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By diluting something like duck liver enough, the theory goes, you can activate its healing properties against influenza in the water itself.
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The government's economic team has resisted diluting the bill, warning that costly pensions are the major cause of a looming budget crisis.
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But if the mucus gets stickier when it's more concentrated, then diluting the mucus would in fact make it easier to clear.
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Framing reform as such a broad issue risks diluting Macron's drive to beef up the euro zone with extra funding fire power.
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If sports bodies can't figure out how to monetize certain parts of that stew without diluting the whole thing, that's on them.
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That means they cannot hold large inventories of securities, must reduce proprietary trading and must take on ever more capital (diluting returns).
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"The faster the company is diluting shareholders, the harder the company has to work just to get up to par," Roe said.
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At 140 minutes, it definitely drags, diluting what should be snappy twists and turns in a bloated storyline that sometimes feels disjointed.
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A year ago, Mr Zuckerberg decided he would like to sell a large slug of his holdings (worth $74bn) without diluting control.
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In one seemingly less consequential corner is Rogelio, trying to bring telenovelas to an American audience without diluting what makes them great.
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I balled up the robe and used it to wipe down my face, diluting the spray tan into a mellow orange gouache.
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She suggests adding it to salads, as in the Mediterranean diet, or diluting it in water and drinking it before a meal.
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He warns that many MLPs are burdened by debt and driven to issue new shares to raise money, diluting the existing shares.
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It's more of a passing resemblance if you purposefully fudge your vision by diluting your irises with a whole bottle of Visine.
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The free speech guarantee prohibits the "packing" and "cracking" of "disfavoured speakers...into legislative districts with the aim of diluting their votes".
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Banks were forced to undergo another stress test and recapitalise again in 2015 at beaten down share prices, severely diluting existing shareholders.
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In theory, more directly linking the two series -- beyond just the title -- makes sense, but it also risks further diluting the original.
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The Tovolo Perfect Cube Ice Tray produces oversized ice cubes that are perfect for cooling down drinks without diluting them too quickly.
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Berri directed criticism at local banks which recently sold Eurobonds to foreign investors, saying they bore responsibility for diluting the local holding.
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In fact, just the opposite is true: great bosses know that sharing information empowers their employees, instead of diluting their own power.
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Banks were forced to undergo another stress test and recapitalize again in 2015 at beaten down share prices, severely diluting existing shareholders.
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Seasonal "workers need to be on-boarded appropriately, or there's a risk of diluting the brand and the quality of customer interactions".
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Its banknotes face extinction, while commercial banks control the country's electronic payment infrastructure, diluting the Riksbank's influence over its own financial system.
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At that point, shareholders will be allowed to buy Barnes & Noble's stock at a 50% discount, diluting the value of the shares.
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That retaliation, he said, violated the First Amendment by diluting their voting power in a district that had been controlled by Republicans.
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Indeed, many competitors are athletes, but to think about diluting their abilities and focusing on just what they look like is a bummer.
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The Pasco City Council agreed that their at-large elections system violated the federal Voting Rights Act by also inherently diluting Latino votes.
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The Bandidos responded by letting everyone, even their smallest support clubs, wear the Texas rocker, diluting its prestige, Jake and other members said.
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It introduced an inheritance tax in 2015, but only after greatly diluting the original proposal; a plan to tax land is crawling along.
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After one of his attempts to form the compound, Perkin observed an unexpected reaction: When diluting the substance with alcohol, it turned purple.
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Its only unique characteristic is reserving 20 spaces in the field for resident professionals at golf clubs, slightly diluting its level of competition.
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Author names appear at the end of each contribution — most of which are brief — which has the effect of diluting the reader's expectations.
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Google distributed Night Sight as an update to every Google Pixel model, effectively diluting the most compelling reason to buy a new phone.
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She incorporated herself as the Mother's Day International Association and defended the "copyright" zealously against people she thought were diluting the holiday's meaning.
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It's also designed to placate more moderate members, who are concerned about diluting or eliminating Obamacare protections for those with pre-existing conditions.
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Reducing the sample cup's size brought its bottom closer to the probe's tip and diluting the blood created more liquid to work with.
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Make sure the tattoo parlor looks clean and the artist is using different needles for each client and diluting pigments with sterile water.
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"The taste is very strong and sour, but as I have started diluting it, it has grown on me a bit," Swikle said.
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The government is seeking to privatize Eletrobras by diluting its stake so that it no longer has control of the company, Albuquerque said.
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I'm not diluting it by doing this version, I just need to make sure that it works in the context of the movie.
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Asian executives have been leery of convertibles for, in their view, it meant selling shares cheaply and diluting their holdings in the process.
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Devoting time to other conditions more commonly associated with PBA amounted to "diluting your chances," wrote Tiffany, a senior sales manager in California.
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That opinion, written by Justice Debra McCloskey Todd, argued that the current congressional maps violate constitutional protections on elections by diluting Democratic votes.
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Federal Election Commission decision opened the floodgates for enormous sums of dark money to flow to campaigns, diluting the influence of ordinary citizens.
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In Western Europe, nationalists have exploited public worries that immigrants are diluting "national identity" and diverting social welfare benefits from natives to newcomers.
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Bitumen is a mined slurry of crude oil, sand, and clay, but also includes diluting materials to make it flow efficiently through pipelines.
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The firm said the new initiative is diluting free cash flow generation, as it caused the food company to slash its 24.1 outlook.
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Democrats are often concentrated in cities, effectively diluting their voting power, while Republicans are more evenly distributed across most states, the brief said.
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The gig economy has replaced full-time jobs with part-time and temporary stints, diluting the power of workers to demand higher pay.
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On Monday, multiple news media reports indicated that a recent league-administered drug test had shown traces of marijuana and a diluting substance.
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Democrats have packed themselves into cities, effectively diluting their voting power, while Republicans are more evenly distributed across most states, the brief said.
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Both it and competitor Tapestry suffered the repercussions of expanding their affordable luxury brands too widely, thereby diluting their stature in the process.
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E-commerce is emerging as one of the biggest growth drivers for luxury labels initially fearful of diluting their image by selling online.
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Rosneft and Spain's Repsol were the main suppliers of products, including gasoline, diluting naphtha, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas, according to the data.
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HMNY has flooded the public market with millions of shares to fund its losses, greatly diluting shareholders and sending its stock price plummeting.
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Investors are concerned about the $235 billion acquisition of Marketo diluting earnings, as well as a write-down of some assets from the deal.
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It would increase the powers of the central government, diluting those of Italy's 20 regions on issues such as the environment, transport and energy.
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"It's diluting the status symbol that people are working hard for," Wolff, the SVP of Client Services at relationship marketing agency RQ, told Refinery29.
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Fun fact: Sony Ericsson turned down the opportunity to build the Nexus One, because it feared diluting its brand by acting as Google's lackey.
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Germany, quietly seething, saw the effort as a half-baked French attempt to drag others into its African wars while diluting the EU's role.
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There has been concern both inside and outside the company that Suzuki would retain significant influence, potentially diluting the power of the new chief.
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But, as in most cases of alcohol snobbery, no one really knows why diluting whiskey supposedly makes it taste better—until now, that is.
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Is it only because more testing brings mild cases into the "infected" group, diluting the statistical impact of the handful of the very ill?
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The Russian leader, who wants to see NATO weakened, knows that one way to enfeeble NATO goes through diluting Ankara's commitment to the alliance.
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A shaker will ensure all the components in a drink are evenly blended and that drinks can become cool without loads of diluting ice.
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"Plaintiffs' new evidence potentially connects the dots between a discriminatory purpose — diluting Hispanics' political power — and Secretary Ross's decision," Hazel wrote on June 24.
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When you're an accomplished expert in your field, how do you scale your business to the masses without diluting your brand or making costly mistakes?
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Extending the content of a show to 30 minutes could lead to broadening the content too much, diluting the focus with subplots and side stories.
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Airbnb has notoriously taken actions to strategically prolong an IPO, bringing on a $1 billion credit faculty last year to support growth without diluting investors.
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"Everyone's hoping that they will find a way to get what they need in terms of more production without diluting HBO's brand," Mr Simon says.
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It's possible the hat and flamethrower sales are a way to raise more money for Musk's newest startup without taking on debt or diluting ownership.
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A move like this gives Facebook a way to pay for acquisitions through stock, and also pay employees, without diluting Zuckerberg's control of the company.
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Some have also criticized PrEP for diluting the "safe sex" message of condom use, especially as it will not prevent other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
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But the appeal would not be heard until October at the earliest, and a decision would take months, diluting the urgency of the administration's claims.
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Political slogans may have become an easy trend for brands to tap into over the past few years, thus diluting some of their intended power.
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And in six separate Supreme Court rulings, we've seen limits on political spending evaporate, each case further diluting the voice and will of the people.
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The CAO said the IFC supported issuing more shares, reducing the value of workers' shares and diluting their stake in APPL, without consulting worker-shareholders.
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That was before a team of journalists revealed that Hexi Pharma had been diluting its products, possibly causing patients to die from antibiotic-resistant infections.
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These two sports leagues manage to exist independently without diluting each other or suggesting there's a connection (outside of them being unique professional sports leagues).
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Eventually diluting and overwhelming your vote with the votes of others who aren't, let's face it, too big on Adam Smith and the Federalist Papers.
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Another suggestion would see the fund tucked into the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations, a holding company for state-owned assets, diluting HFSF's independence.
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The expansion comes as DC has relaxed its self-imposed restrictions -- adopted to avoid diluting the Batman movies -- about expanding the Batman universe on television.
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The deal, which includes assumption of WildHorse's debt of $22.42 million, will increase Chesapeake's shares outstanding by up to 21.94 percent, diluting existing holders' stakes.
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Zuckerberg's most common romantic partner is Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who Zuckerberg booted from the company after diluting his shares to relative worthlessness.
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I was very careful to make sure I was diluting the nicotine to a level that was less than the ratio that Juul normally uses.
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After diluting mouthwash with water and spraying it on her scalp, the blogger allows the solution to seep in for a few minutes before rinsing.
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Some worry that this risks diluting the vote so that no single choice would get a strong majority, leaving things just as confused as before.
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"It is a new starting point for our company and for our brand, without diluting our brand," said Stefano Domenicali, Lamborghini's president and chief executive.
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Supply shocks that have affected inflation are expected to continue diluting and inflation will resume its convergence to the target, as reflected in market expectations.
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Although the measure enjoyed broad political support, its passage was blocked by differences over its design, now riddled with compromises, that risk diluting its impact.
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In any case, George's move to Oklahoma City only added more luster to the Western Conference while further diluting the quality of the Eastern Conference.
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This month, the justices heard a racial gerrymandering case from Virginia in which challengers said black voters were concentrated into districts, diluting their electoral influence.
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In 2014, a federal court ruled that the City of Yakima's at-large election system indeed violated the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting Latino votes.
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Accession would force the region's corrupt elites to allow media freedom, strengthen the rule of law and liberalise their economies, thus diluting their powers of patronage.
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Rising pork prices and solid pork exports supported the market, largely diluting concerns over U.S. trade tensions with China, the world's top hog and pork market.
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The oil is made by extracting CBD from the cannabis plant, then diluting it with something called a carrier oil, usually coconut or hemp seed oil.
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Second, efforts by the government to subordinate persons on account of their political affiliation — such as by diluting their votes — violate the First Amendment's core guarantee.
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Turning to the leveraged loan market and issuing debt instead of shares ensures the company can raise more money without diluting the holdings of existing investors.
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There, it exposes borrowers to the risk of concentrating debt in the hands of a few mostly local lenders, diluting the advantage of diversified financing sources.
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Rather than diluting audience's perception with some academic thesis, I tend to record my feelings through my work and let the observer decide on their own.
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Party leaders are even going so far as to consider diluting the traditional status of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina as gatekeepers to the presidency.
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Any such adjustment would risk diluting the Truth, and (perhaps just as bad) serve as a potentially fatal concession that the church's teachings can be fallible.
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Brent crude last traded down 1.8 percent at $38.84 a barrel, further diluting a six-week recovery in oil prices that has helped buoy stocks markets.
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The sperm also absorb the drugs and keep bodily fluids from diluting the drugs' concentration, a common challenge in this line of work, the authors write.
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This was done partly to enable more new investors to be squeezed into what I understand was an oversubscribed round and without further diluting the company.
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The restructuring of the cap table — which is what this is, diluting investors not participating in the new round (down) — has an unusual twist in it.
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Inside the jails, inmates, including some waiting to be released, have been struggling to protect themselves, some by diluting shampoo to disinfect cell bars and tabletops.
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Tesla's stock is down a third from its 2015 peak, so it has to sell more shares to raise money — diluting the investments of existing shareholders.
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While they think adding other stocks or funds will help them "out perform" the market, they are actually diluting the value of a target-date fund.
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They will now be largely barred, however, from participating in the first ballot of the presidential nominating process at the party's convention — drastically diluting their power.
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They say they worry that scepticism about climate change is diluting the gravity of their discoveries and losing the attention of the next generation of researchers.
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During the bishops' meeting, conservatives expressed deep concerns that the church was diluting its teaching by opening to Indigenous forms of worship that they considered pagan.
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Online, however, rumors swirled —accusing the shop of being connected to a shady mainland Chinese Amazon storefront, diluting the revolutionary iconography of Pepe with tacky garbage.
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A common thread in the campaigns has been attacks on the European Union for diluting sovereignty, opening borders to migrants and leaving nations vulnerable to terrorism.
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She has reduced exposure to UBI in view of expectations that it would participate in the consolidation of Italy's banks, potentially diluting the quality of its fundamentals.
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As a result, Didi Chuxing backers Apple and Tencent are thinking of joining the investment on a pro rata basis in order to avoid diluting their stakes.
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But while the artist might think they're winning by publicly having the last word with critics, it could also be argued that they're diluting their own art.
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Far from diluting the power of the original project, the way they are presented in the gallery gives the photographs of "Color(ed) Theory" an extra charge.
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Yet as public support for Medicare-for-all rises, establishment think tanks and lobbyists are floating proposals designed to capitalize on its momentum while diluting its content.
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Brent crude LCOc0.13 last traded down 1.6 percent at $38.89 a barrel, further diluting a six-week recovery in oil prices that has helped buoy stock markets.
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The plaintiffs had argued the state's plans packed African-Americans in districts already with a high percentage of black voters, thus diluting their presence in neighboring districts.
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Eventually diluting and overwhelming your vote with the votes of others who aren&apost, let&aposs face it, too big on Adam Smith and the Federalist Papers.
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Or to the extent that they were offered on the right (Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Pat Buchanan), they were mixed up with religious conservatism, diluting their appeal.
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And to the extent that they were offered on the left (Dennis Kucinich), they were mixed up in hippy-dippy peacenik guise, also diluting their broad appeal.
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Indeed, for some European federalists, diluting national identity is not a cost, nor even something to worry about: it is the whole point of the federalist policy.
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Additionally, because of its consistency, drinking hand sanitizer without diluting it properly can result in choking—something that recently happened to an EIDGE member who subsequently died.
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Nugget ice, by the way, isn't just for boozy frozen concoctions: It'll make smoothies without diluting them with too much water (such as regular crescent ice would).
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Airbnb's management has also been concerned about diluting the company's brand as Hotel Tonight has partnerships with a wide range of hotels, some of the people said.
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Consumers are increasingly doing their holiday shopping online, diluting the importance of Black Friday, when shoppers traditionally flocked to brick-and-mortar stores for the best deals.
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This essentially "switched off" the ability to have brown eyes by limiting the melanin produced in the iris, and "diluting" the eye color from brown to blue.
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But this came with problems, which is that the tests become less accurate, because you're pre-diluting the blood before you put it in the Siemens' machine.
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But far from masking Beckett's brilliance or diluting the play's power, Thom's speech patterns make uncanny sense of "Not I," in the process making it more overwhelming.
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If you eat a lot of salt — sodium chloride — you will become thirsty and drink water, diluting your blood enough to maintain the proper concentration of sodium.
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The idea was that Google would use this stock to make acquisitions and award employee incentive compensation without diluting the interests of Mr. Page and Mr. Brin.
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The poison pill gives shareholders the right to buy more shares at a discount if any one entity acquires 20% of outstanding shares, diluting the group's stake.
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Many writers respond to this dilemma by making their experience broadly "relatable," becoming mouthpieces for certain ideas and demographics, a tactic that ends up diluting their authority.
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The poison pill gives shareholders the right to buy more shares at a discount if any one entity acquires 103% of outstanding shares, diluting the group's stake.
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You can place the mug inside the Juno to instantly transform a hot cup of coffee into iced coffee—without a bunch of ice diluting the flavor.
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At that point, Israelis could give these Palestinians full rights as citizens, thus diluting the Jewish character of their nation, or deny them rights and forsake democracy.
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"It is clear he simply wanted to sow fear in immigrant communities and turbocharge Republican gerrymandering efforts by diluting the political influence of Latino communities," he said.
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With their style and medium of choice, they are leading a commercialisation of the poetry genre and diluting the quality of poetry, a once high-brow literary genre.
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Under Abiy, Ethiopia has instituted reforms including releasing political prisoners, diluting state control of the economy and making peace with northern neighbor Eritrea after two decades of hostility.
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Employee retention is better, cost of living is lower, so the capital required to scale these companies and that's coming in after you and diluting you is less.
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Sony Kapoor, managing director of the think tank Redefine, said diluting the central bank's plan "represents a victory of Big Oil lobbying over financial prudence and common sense".
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Beginning with the untitled oil on paper paintings of the '19793s, abstract forms emerged from her method of diluting oil paint to resemble the dribbling effect of watercolor.
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The chief executive of Alfa, Alvaro Fernandez, told reporters the deal turns Pacific's creditors into the effective owners of the company, diluting to "zero" the participation of shareholders.
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They argue the maps represent extreme partisan gerrymander and that they prevent fair and effective representation by diluting voters' influence and penalizing voters based on their political beliefs.
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Local officials have reason to be cautious about diluting protections, however, as a rise in worker protests in their patch can be both physically dangerous and career limiting.
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He didn't want to put his company at a disadvantage by paying high-interest rates or diluting too much of his and his cofounders' equity in the company.
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There is no sign that the holder of that office, or his high-profile son and heir, are considering diluting their own powers as a new era dawns.
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But that percentage would now be calculated from the 90 percent of the remaining shares, after the 10 percent given to the employees, essentially diluting TPG's potential stake.
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I guess in both my visual work and music there are different aspects at play the same time, it's not diluting it, I think it makes it stronger.
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A mindset that say that they will invest relentlessly in the consumer experience/solving customer problems or even diluting them — this will in the short term hurt EPS.
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In a race that features 16 candidates, the campaign committee had attacked Mr. Chavez for fear that right-leaning Democrats might support him, further diluting the party's chances.
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"The days of handing low-priced securities, diluting the company to a bunch of long-only shops in Boston and New York, I think those days are over."
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"It's concerning we may well be diluting some Iowans' votes by setting it at an arbitrary number rather than being proportional," the Democratic campaign aide told Vox. Absolutely.
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It's intuitive and simple: If you eat a lot of salt, you'll become thirsty and drink water, diluting your blood enough to maintain the proper concentration of sodium.
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The F-Pace is no different, and while it doesn't really advance Jaguar overall design language, it manages to graft it onto a larger canvas without diluting it.
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One of the biggest challenges for Uber in India is that it "needs to localize as its China experience has shown but without diluting its global brand," says Singh.
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But in all 21 candidates have been approved for the single-round contest, including several other prominent Kabila critics, which risks diluting the opposition vote and boosting Ramazani's chances.
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When the Supreme Court struck down his maps for diluting the voting power of black people, Hofeller drew another round of maps that diluted the political power of Democrats.
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But the company has so far failed to reach a deal on these terms, and Fredriksen, who holds a 23.6 percent stake in Frontline, now risks diluting his shareholding.
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Such a plan allows other shareholders to buy additional stock at a discounted price if one shareholder amasses shares above a certain threshold, thus diluting the acquirer&aposs shares.
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"A new team offers new opportunities, but the challenges are significant - well-oiled vested interests have an excellent track record of delaying, diluting and distorting real change," he said.
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Initially, cops said, the women tried to give their father alcohol spiked with additional sleeping pills, but apparently put too much liquid into the cocktail, diluting the drugs' effect.
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He's adopted a probably suicidal strategy designed to inflict maximum pain on any Republicans who have criticized him, diluting his anti-Clinton message with furious attacks on GOP elites.
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In the long run, he believes that diluting the meth was key in helping him become sober, alongside the use of e-liquid that still had nicotine in it.
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We attempted to improve upon the sugary substance by turning it into a spritzer — but diluting the wine with seltzer water still only mildly subdued its heavily saccharine flavor.
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Malpass has indeed criticized the World Bank and its sidekick institution the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the years for diluting their impact and not being sufficiently results-oriented.
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Some analysts accuse Meirelles of bowing to governors' pressure and diluting the original bill that aims to rebalance the finances of states struggling to honor their debts and payrolls.
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The last album didn't sell as much, got to put out another album, and they end up diluting their legacy by putting out albums that are no longer good.
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A federal court invalidated two of Texas' congressional districts on Tuesday, concluding that they violated the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of minorities.
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A bill laying out how Eletrobras will be privatized by diluting state control with a capital increase via a secondary offer of shares is currently being debated in committee.
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The motive is profit; an operation makes more money by using less of the core ingredient, THC — which is expensive — and diluting it with oils that cost considerably less.
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Is part of the Apple Arcade experience supposed to be games that fully demand your attention, and splitting duties with a podcast is somehow seen as diluting the experience?
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In the old days, the political establishment tended to prefer open primaries because it allowed moderate voters to come in and pick candidates, diluting the power of the partisan base.
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BERLIN – A court in western Germany has sentenced a pharmacist to 12 years in prison for diluting cancer drugs on a massive scale in order to finance his luxury lifestyle.
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Those individual managers should be persistent, have strong processes, be subject to capacity constraints and have high conviction in their strategies to avoid diluting gains by over-diversifying, he said.
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Pointing to one in Richmond, Mr Elias argued that Virginia "raid[ed] every other district around it" to bring in more black voters, diluting their voting strength in nearby areas.
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Stories reporting on the tweet referred to Wu as "slamming" Damon, thus diluting a valid point about racism in Hollywood into a nonsensical she-said-he-said fight about whitewashing.
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Earlier cell therapies used all the cells in the bone marrow instead of selecting for certain types of cells, and thus might have been diluting their beneficial effects, Povsic said.
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Salvini, leader of the far-right League, pulled the plug on the government on Thursday, diluting that threat to a business unit which brings in a third Atlantia's core profit.
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There's a risk of diluting the super-hipster high-value brand of Philz or Blue Bottle, but given that Amazon is a Very Great Tech Company, that seems almost unlikely.
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The first congress since 1980 was seen by North Korea-watchers as a move to restore the central role of the party while diluting the political role of the military.
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Even advocates of the home-mixed drinks admit that diluting ethanol with water and aniseed flavoring is not the same as making an authentic drink - and admit there are dangers.
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Leveraged loans also allow Uber to raise money without diluting the holdings of its many equity investors — some of which have been through more than a dozen rounds of financing.
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If Techint refused to participate in a capital injection, Nippon Steel could pay for it all alone, diluting Techint, said the second source, who is close to the Japanese firm.
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This startup was very lucky; the founders managed to convince an angel to take 15 percent of the company, effectively diluting the 50 percent owner's holding to below a majority.
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King feared the very thing that is happening today: diluting the essence of racial justice by introducing false analogies, such as comparing Israel to South Africa, or Gaza to Selma.
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Right, and you're also diluting the concentration of the analytes you're trying to measure to levels that are beneath the range that the FDA has approved for the machine. Sure.
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That mission has earned him the enmity of church conservatives, especially in the United States, who feel he is diluting the church's teaching for the sake of a cheap embrace.
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They worry that he and his aides are listening too closely to Arab and Palestinian arguments and diluting what they hoped would be uncompromising support for the current Israeli government.
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A new Constitution was approved in 2010 that aimed to take the sting out of the contest between Kenya's five major ethnic groups by diluting the drivers of patronage politics.
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"The days of handing low-priced securities, diluting the company to a bunch of long-only shops in Boston and New York, I think those days are over," Gerstner said.
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"The very large increase in cases is attributable to what was happening in this past year in the supply, with vitamin E acetate diluting or tainting THC products," Schuchat said.
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Confinement, however, is a theme implied in the play's title, and opening it up too much would risk diluting the power of watching large personalities colliding in a narrow place.
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Individual Russian track and field athletes assessed as clean will be able to compete for their country in Brazil, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday, diluting the IAAF's ban.
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Ultimately, the yellow fever outbreak was halted only by a huge vaccination campaign that stretched supplies by diluting doses, and even that succeeded only because some unusual donors stepped in.
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If we could stop worshiping self-control, maybe we could start thinking about diluting the power of temptation — and helping people meet their goals in new ways with less effort.
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For the record, CBS is trying to remove Redstone's grip on the company by diluting her voting shares so that she no longer has a controlling stake in the company.
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A ruling in 2015 held that Alabama had violated the 14th Amendment's equal-protection guarantee by packing too many black voters into state electoral districts, diluting their influence in neighbouring areas.
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Further, at least 98 U.S. senators from the other 49 states would likely take a dim view of four more senators joining their deliberative body and thus diluting their own power.
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They fear it will lead to de facto pan-European licensing, diluting the value of exclusive rights and squeezing out smaller broadcasters who would be unable to afford pan-EU rights.
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The rise of scientific racism in the 22018th and 20th centuries cemented the idea that Jews were a "race," poisoning Western society by intermarrying with non-Jews and diluting their stock.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea wants a larger share of the Porgera gold mine as part of lease-renewal talks, diluting the ownership of joint venture partners Barrick Gold Corp (ABX.
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A ruling in 22016 held that Alabama violated the 218th amendment's equal-protection guarantee by packing too many black voters into state senate districts and diluting their influence in neighbouring areas.
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Previous years have often seen a raft of earnings' forecast downgrades during the quarter, lowering expectations ahead of announcements and thereby diluting the credibility of any positive surprises that come through.
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Some allies have also expressed concern that Washington's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific trade partnership and the Paris global climate accord signals the United States is diluting its global leadership role.
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Salvini, leader of the far-right League, pulled the plug on the government on Thursday, diluting that threat to a business unit which brings in a third of Atlantia's core profit.
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Casting Trump in opposition to traditional conservatism and Republican doctrine allowed Obama and Kaine to pull off a daring ideological move: They made an appeal to Republicans without diluting their liberalism.
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Although the measure enjoyed broad political support, its passage was blocked by differences over its design, and a series of compromises agreed to win over states risks diluting the tax's impact.
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ZURICH, May 10 (Reuters) - Cement group LafargeHolcim will take part in a capital increase by Nigeria-based Lafarge Africa to avoid diluting its nearly 73 percent stake, it said on Wednesday.
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On Monday, civil rights groups and Democrats came to court to challenge plans they said unnecessarily packed African-Americans into districts with the aim of diluting minority presence in neighboring districts.
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Given that the coding industry (especially in the AI space) is veering toward the practice of program synthesis, this future-proofs the App Store somewhat, while not diluting Apple's protectionist powers.
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Papa John's CEO Steve Richie will also join the company's board, expanding it from six members to nine and further diluting the influence of Schnatter, who also sits on the board.
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Needleporn was "the most grandmotherly, matriarchal way to depict aggressive queer sex in a way that felt wholesome and was not at all diluting the sexuality of it," Nutman told Mic.
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Genzyme, represented by Ropes & Gray, denies diluting the drug and says the lower court properly found that the product liability claims were about the quantity, not quality, of the available doses.
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Litigants in both cases argue that partisan gerrymandering violates the First Amendment, either by retaliating against voters for their political preferences or by diluting their ability to influence the electoral process.
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In the name of "making life work," Cantor championed legislation that involved the federal government as a backstop for people with preexisting conditions, diluting the healthcare reimbursement plans and strengthening Obamacare.
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That means Mr. Zuckerberg, as the majority owner of Facebook shares, will obtain a large amount C shares that he can then donate without diluting his voting power in the company.
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This could give Mr. Xi the flexibility to appoint a successor toward the end of his second term, and put off diluting his power until he is about to step down.
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In the 19th century, men stationed in northern Italy and unaccustomed to the local style of wine started diluting glasses with a spritz — the German word for "spray" — of still water.
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They are particularly concerned about the huge amount of illicit THC products in circulation, which contain unknown mixtures of solvents, diluting agents and flavorings that may be toxic to the lungs.
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"When a bartender is stirring or shaking a drink, they are chilling that drink to the optimal temperature, but they are also diluting it to the optimal dilution," Ms. Hoffman said.
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Evangelists promote direct listings as a better way to go public because companies can get the same result without selling a bunch of new stock — and diluting existing shareholders and employees.
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And in Japan, the sauce is traditionally made using the French technique of diluting a roux — a mix of cooked fat and flour — with a liquid, which thickens as it boils.
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That Lexus has found a way to do that without diluting what it stands for — luxurious ride, quiet manners and impeccable quality — is deeply important to the future of the brand.
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The next year, she welcomed a million refugees into Germany, and pushed the rest of Europe to do the same — thus, in the view of Russian ethno-nationalists, diluting European culture.
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The pioneer of the package holiday agreed key terms of a 225 million pound recapitalisation plan last month with Chinese shareholder Fosun and the travel firm's banks, significantly diluting existing shareholders.
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Generally sold in small bottles with droppers, oils are made by extracting CBD from the cannabis plant, then diluting it with something called a carrier oil, usually coconut or hemp seed oil.
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Salvini, leader of the far-right League, pulled the plug on the government on Thursday, diluting that threat to a business unit which brings in a third of the group's core profit.
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But the Medef employers associations urged her in a statement to stop diluting a labor market reform bill under pressure from unions and students who have held a series protests against it.
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And if you're going to pop a pain reliever for a headache, diluting it so much that it's literally undetectable by any scientific instrument probably doesn't seem like the best route either.
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In her inauguration speech, she outlined a policy that would focus on trade with south and southeast Asia, gradually diluting Taiwan's reliance on China's economy -- especially as the giant's economic engine slows.
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For Love Caesar, who is studying political science and history, the school's 12,000 mostly "liberal thinking" students are "cracked" in two, diluting their votes into a sea of Republicans on either side.
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The trouble is that whenever researchers have looked at the homeopathic treatments, they find they do not actually contain traceable amounts of the original plant or animal material they were supposedly diluting.
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In 14, Alphabet added a new class of nonvoting shares, a move that will enable the founders to cash out much of their Alphabet wealth without diluting their control of the company.
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The difficulty, of course, is that just as investors are identifying a mutual fund manager as talented, so are their bosses, who duly load them down with new responsibilities diluting their attention.
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Up to about $50 million there are a range of possible strategies that can work, but diluting with founders allows more investments, even with smaller funds versus more traditional aggressive follow-on.
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The DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration has noted that several analyses show diluting the plutonium and disposing of it at the WIPP site would cost less than half of the MOX approach.
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Its hope of avoiding a replica of Popolare Vicenza's flop are tied to a group of local businessmen who have vowed to invest more to avoid diluting their combined 15 percent stake.
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Wars aside, the most difficult mission for the young leader is the revamping of the Saudi political economy — the economic and governance structures — without diluting the kingdom's character as an absolute monarchy.
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Since President Donald Trump took office more than two years ago, he and his allies have tried to alter the potency of citizenship itself—diluting it for some, strengthening it for others.
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You should try to avoid:Sweetened beverages, like sports drinksCaffeine drinks like coffee and certain teasAlcoholIf you must have a sweetened beverage, Dorian recommends taking some of it and diluting it with water.
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Tokyo stocks have also sold off on concerns that the latest fiscal stimulus package does not contain enough new and direct spending and is spread over several years, diluting its economic impact.
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"By bringing those out further, you are diluting the amount of people coming out from different locations, and you don't have catch points, which was a key vulnerability last night," Brady said
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Abiy Ahmed became prime minister in April and since then the government has instituted reforms including releasing political prisoners, diluting state control of the economy and making peace with northern neighbour Eritrea.
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Gonzales also accused Madigan and his aides of diluting the Hispanic vote in a legislative district that is about 70 percent Latino by planting two opponents with Hispanic surnames on the ballot.
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It also said that the deal included $2 billion of funding from new equity in Flipkart, which could be sold to additional investors in the future, diluting the U.S. company's overall stake.
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This raises questions about how much the government will be forced to compromise with other sectors, diluting its savings target of over 1 trillion reais in a decade and slowing its passage.
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Even conservative owners like the Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones and the Washington Redskins' Dan Snyder (who gave $1 million to Trump's campaign) took the field to participate, arguably diluting the protests' meaning.
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Those states are accused of diluting a 2013 law that placed tight restrictions on land purchases, including consent from the farmers, a social impact assessment, and adequate compensation and rehabilitation for those displaced.
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French women hold a lot of useful beauty secrets — diluting your shampoo, ditching your traditional cleanser for micellar water, a red lip is confidence in a tube — but they don't hold them all.
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So instead of seeing one opposition candidate versus one Socialist Party candidate, voters will see various faces of opposition candidates, potentially causing confusion and diluting the vote to the benefit of the government.
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The ability to raise money in the leveraged loan market would allow Uber to take advantage of historically low interest rates while keeping venture capital backers happy by not further diluting the equity.
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Highlighting the political sensitivity of the drive to consolidate the telecoms sector without diluting state power, Orange CEO Stephane Richard met President Francois Hollande on Monday to discuss the deal, the sources said.
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The Supreme Court on Monday largely ruled in favor of Texas, reviving congressional and legislative districts that were struck down by a lower court for diluting the votes of black and Hispanic voters.
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It also undermines the postwar consensus that alliances among nations are essential in maintaining stability and in diluting the nationalism that once plunged Europe into bloody conflict — even as nationalism is surging again.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the awards, also harbors understandable concerns about diluting the honor, inasmuch as the obituary-leading designation "Oscar winner" would suddenly be dramatically expanded.
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Extra capital will need to be raised in several ways, including raising funds from the market and through the government diluting its stake in state-run banks, Patel told a conference in Mumbai.
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Moonves stepped down after being accused of sexual harassment, but was in favor of a board vote to implement a stock dividend diluting the Redstone family's voting control of the company, Lynch reported.
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Earlier this month, Uber secured a $1.15 billion leveraged loan, allowing the company to take advantage of historically low interest rates while keeping venture-capital backers happy by not further diluting their equity.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a longtime advocate for tougher campaign finance laws, said Friday that the flood of anonymous money undermines American democracy by diluting the voice of individual voters.
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Analysts said that Pacific could accept EIG's offer to buy its debt, and EIG could inject cash into the company, diluting the power of current shareholders and making Pacific viable for eventual sale.
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"I'm diluting my ownership in order to pay staff to stay and cover their bills so we can try and survive," Dorf said, asserting that he's not a millionaire with cash on hand.
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"The simple truth is that OPEC and Russia have to contend with the fact is that there is output growth elsewhere diluting their efforts at reducing supply," the bank said in a note.
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" (Diluting that is the aim of Espinoza.) Article X, Section 1, of the '72 Constitution proclaims that it is the duty of the state to "develop the full educational potential of each person.
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The EU countries already spend nearly three times as much on armaments ($170 billion excluding Britain) as Russia ($61 billion), but the expenditures are largely uncoordinated with one another, thus diluting potential impact.
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Days before, a federal judge had ruled that officials had been illegally diluting the Native American vote for decades, a decision that meant Navajo people might win two of three county commission seats.
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In the latter case, researchers noted that some air exchange had occurred in that room, potentially diluting the presence of the virus, and that further studies would be required to confirm preliminary results.
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GERMAN PHARMACIST GETS 12 YEARS FOR DILUTING CANCER DRUGS Dr. Jarmila Vavrinova, an epidemiologist on her fifth cycle of chemotherapy, said Mamma Beer helped her when she had difficulty swallowing and also eased nausea.
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One gets the sense that Glidden was unable to determine which story she wanted to pursue, and so she decided to tackle all three — which has the effect of diluting the whole title's focus.
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With "Fear the Walking Dead" continuing and additional spinoffs in the works, the flagship show is now part of AMC's grand expansion plans for the franchise, at the risk of diluting the original series.
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TPG's investment was structured so that its stake would be protected if the firm's value diminished, increasing from its initial level of 8% and diluting earlier investors, according to sources close to the firm.
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The Trump administration has a track record of announcing aggressive and headline-grabbing trade policies and then diluting or abandoning them in the face of stiff opposition and in exchange for comparatively minor concessions.
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That included a 976,000-barrel cargo of Nigeria's Agbami crude, to be used for diluting extra heavy oil output from two projects at the Orinoco Belt, according to a PDVSA document seen by Reuters.
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A mooted plan to float a stake in Universal might help to reduce the discount, but only at the expense of diluting existing Vivendi investors' exposure to the most attractive part of the group.
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If they continue to obstruct this action they may be someday accused of supporting a cover-up by delaying and diluting urgently needed investigation of matters that pose a serious threat to American security.
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Should the company go forward with its IPO and price shares below $10.93, a group of investors from 123 and 2014 would be issued additional stock, further diluting the rest of its shareholder base.
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Making matters even more complicated, a federal district court ruled last month that district lines drawn by Republicans earlier this decade violated federal law by improperly diluting the political power of African-American voters.
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There are a number of reusable cubes made from silicone or stainless steel out there, and though they're innovative, save a water, and can chill drinks without diluting them, they make me VERY uneasy.
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Making matters even more complicated, a federal district court ruled last month that district lines drawn by Republicans earlier this decade violated federal law by improperly diluting the political power of African American voters.
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The move brought in fresh capital without diluting its equity, giving RWE room to manoeuvre after years of falling wholesale power prices and Germany's decision to exit nuclear almost destroyed its traditional business model.
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But he said that adding them to the list could open the door for many other groups to be added, potentially diluting the focus on global extremist threats that Congress sought after Sept. 11.
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A stronger pound can be a bad thing for British companies, making it harder for them to sell their goods in the eurozone and beyond and diluting the profits they bring back from overseas.
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Two districts in Dallas were "packed" to include large numbers of Hispanic voters, diluting their clout in adjoining districts, while others were formed with the express purpose of "cracking" Hispanic voter strength across several districts.
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With broader enforcement, Eagly said, comes the diluting of enforcement resources available to go after criminals, and the Trump administration doesn't clearly define the types of crimes that are to be prioritized by immigration agents.
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Hydrochlorothiazide, known as a masking agent, is a banned substance because it can be used to spur weight loss and cover up the presence of other illegal drugs by diluting urine collected in doping tests.
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This may not be easy especially with Goyal still holding a 25.5 percent share in Jet, which gives him the legal right to block key decisions including raising capital, issuing new shares and diluting equity.
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Although it might seem that companies would upset their investor base by diluting earnings per share when they added more stock, most of the 15 companies that have done so have actually outperformed their peers.
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"I'm not necessarily against the idea of them buying some assets at a good price, but I was adamantly against diluting the shareholders, especially in order to overpay for Bonanza," Icahn said in an interview.
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"Given how brazen various state governments have been in diluting the provisions, a challenge in the courts is the only realistic option," said Suhrith Parthasarathy, a lawyer who argued against Tamil Nadu state's land laws.
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"That may be done for the illicit purpose, or the profit purpose, of diluting the materials, making it look nice and perhaps not having to use as much THC or other active ingredients," she said.
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Expected to open in 2019, it will have its own faculty but will offer an accredited Juilliard degree, which has caused concern among some at Juilliard who worry about diluting the power of the degree.
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"Khazanah has become an asset accumulator and builder - a separate force in its own right, which Mahathir seems to perceive as diluting the government's influence," said Munir Abdul Aziz, partner at law firm Wong & Partners.
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Aggressive testing likely will identify persons otherwise too well to come to medical attention, thereby diluting the tested pool with a large set of infected but otherwise well people who are likely to remain so.
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That same year, a federal appeals court struck down the state's voter identification law, saying its provisions deliberately "target African-Americans with almost surgical precision" with a goal of diluting black turnout at the polls.
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Not that the Melania controversy is likely to change many Trump supporters' minds: Most of them are worried about immigration not because of law, but because they're worried about immigrants threatening and diluting American values.
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He did this without changing his position, diluting any of his talking points, or resorting to the dog whistles that distinguish the more right-wing style of anti-establishment politics that usually appears on Fox.
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The Busches sold 25% of Anheuser-Busch to outside investors between 1989 and 2008, diluting their stake in the business too much to stop its $52 billion takeover by InBev in 2008, according to Forbes.
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The zeal of Mr. Sanders's online base has been both a source of strength and perpetual aggravation for his campaign, which has delicately balanced condemning bullying without diluting the force of his most fervent followers.
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He also advised not diluting your message by trying to demonstrate competence on all four; instead, you should wow the reader with a story that shows how you are amazing on one of these dimensions.
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Garber plays down concerns about diluting a still-developing talent pool, but there is little doubt that M.L.S. still has some distance to go on that front to catch up to the biggest European leagues.
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With Senate Democrats behaving as if they might turn this senatorial courtesy into a tool for broad obstruction, some GOP senators have hinted at doing away with the rule, or at least diluting its power.
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Since we all somehow use fossil fuels and carbon-free replacements are still the exception (for now), charges of hypocrisy would have to apply to pretty much all of us, thus diluting the whole point.
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Most casinos have seen revenue decline in the year since sports betting was legalized, but that is largely attributable to two new casinos — the Hard Rock and Ocean Resorts — opening last year and diluting business.
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That would surpass privately owned Baoneng, which didn't respond to calls seeking comment, diluting a stake of more than 20 percent the insurance and investment giant acquired in Vanke last December, igniting the spat with management.
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It now looks like a bit of a divide and conquer situation for anti-privacy lobbyists, who — having failed to derail GDPR — are throwing all their energies at blocking and even derailing/diluting the ePrivacy reform.
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"It's remarkable what Andy Palmer has been able to do at Aston Martin on just a shoestring budget (and) in a very short time without diluting the brand," said David Sullivan, a senior analyst with AutoPacific.
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Diluting earnings-per-share in particular likely had a direct impact on the valuations spat out by investor models, since many at least in part use a multiple of year-ahead earnings to derive price targets.
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LafargeHolcim has said it will take part in a capital increase of the Nigerian unit to avoid diluting its nearly 71.4 percent stake, in a move which would also help simplify the ownership structure in Nigeria.
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That's the basic business model of the Big Five: Publish as much as possible, as widely as possible, but keep different kinds of thinking and writing siloed off in different imprints to avoid diluting anyone's brand.
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Watch out: More private equity managers are holding onto more cash than ever before, and are having to pay more for deals because of increased competition, often diluting returns and leading managers to take riskier bets.
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So far this year, Venezuela has imported about 190,000 bpd of refined products, including heavy naphtha for diluting extra-heavy oil, as well as gasoline, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas, according to the documents and data.
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Couple that with a market that has been referred to as a "perfect storm" for filing and it might seem a head-scratcher why Qualtrics would take another round, diluting its equity instead of going public.
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Turning to the leveraged loan market, which was previously exclusive to more established companies, allows Uber to take advantage of historically low interest rates while keeping venture capital backers happy by not further diluting their equity.
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Wong said a lawsuit from minority shareholder is a possibility, given that the board did not employ independent financial advisors and is diluting minority shareholders by issuing shares at a lower price than the bid price.
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It will cut its stockpile of low- and medium-enriched uranium (from which the weapons-grade stuff is spun) by 96%, to no more than 2603kg, by diluting it or selling it abroad for 15 years.
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Coach and other affordable luxury brands such as Michael Kors took a hit after they expanded their retail presence too quickly, diluting the exclusivity that once led shoppers to line up for the next hot handbag.
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Dilution risk - from issuing more stock thereby diluting the percentage ownership of existing shareholders - remains one of the main drawbacks of convertible bonds, but a high conversion premium can make it more palatable for existing shareholders.
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GAM fund manager and Credit Suisse investor Daniel Haeuselmann believes the need for cash is a key reason for the listing, saying, "I think it's more a way to raise capital without significantly diluting shareholders' investments".
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The annual Freedom House "Freedom on the Net" report, released Tuesday, tabulates this kind of election interference into its nation-by-nation rankings of internet freedom, under the theory that diluting authentic speech stifles legitimate debate.
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But what is clear is that in the much shorter term, it is pure folly to create a glut of men's team tennis events that will only end up diluting the interest in all of them.
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Some conservatives have argued that Francis, who constantly denounces walls and champions the building of bridges, has shut them out by ignoring their formal complaints that he is diluting church doctrine and leading the faithful astray.
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But as the series (created by Michael Petroni) crisscrosses the globe, it tracks an assortment of characters whose lives are touched, directly or glancingly, by this spiritual presence, diluting the drama as opposed to stoking it.
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Before 2013, when the Supreme Court defanged two sections of this law in Shelby County v Holder (another 5-4 ruling), the maps were under judicial scrutiny for diluting the voting strength of black and Hispanic voters.
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On Thursday, the Amaros and Cueto families agreed to modify their ownership structure in Latin America's largest airline in order to retain control of the company and stem diluting their stakes before Qatar Airways buys a stake.
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In a Financial Times commentary earlier this month, Aberdeen Asset Management Asia's corporate governance head David Smith wrote that SGX risks triggering a "global race to the bottom" in diluting investor rights if it allows such structure.
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The ruling is a victory for the black North Carolina voters who had argued the plans packed African-Americans in districts that already had a high percentage of African-Americans, thus diluting their presence in other districts.
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In addition to the earnings figures, Facebook proposed a new voting structure for its shareholders that would allow Zuckerberg to sell non-voting company shares to fund his philanthropic ambitions without diluting his control of the company.
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Through various shortages, department personnel have come up with different solutions, including diluting the concentration of a medication on the scene of an emergency and using varying packaging and delivery methods for those drugs, May told Healthline.
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He explained the supply chain like this: Wholesalers sell to middlemen, who "step on" the heroin, diluting it with all manner of cutting agents, to increase their profits when they sell to end-of-the-line distributors.
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Some Russian ports which were not initially affected by the crisis have seen an increase in chloride levels as Russia has been diluting the tainted oil with clean volumes, he said, though they remained within permitted levels.
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It could just as easily be applied to anywhere else on earth that isn't the US — especially those places from which consular officers, or the administration above them, are concerned about immigrants changing or diluting American culture.
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The jumbo cash call has boosted the presence of foreign institutional investors among UniCredit's shareholders - they now hold 75 percent of its capital - while diluting the interests of charitable foundations that were once the bank's core investors.
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The final report is "a clear example that they are covering up and diluting" investigators' responsibilities, said Mario Patrón, director of the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center in Mexico City and the families' legal representative.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Idemitsu Kosan Co said on Wednesday it was not considering issuing new shares in a third-party allotment, denying a Kyodo News report that said the move was aimed at diluting the founding family's ownership.
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The anti-EU SVP resents giving Brussels any say in Swiss affairs, while the left is against diluting Swiss labor rules meant to protect Europe's highest wages from cut-rate EU workers on temporary cross-border assignments.
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The media industry had opposed the original proposal, saying it would lead to de-facto pan-European licensing, diluting the value of exclusive rights and squeezing out smaller broadcasters that would be unable to afford pan-EU rights.
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The justices upheld a batch of Republican-drawn legislative districts in Texas, including two in the U.S. House of Representatives, that had been thrown out by a lower court for diluting the power of black and Hispanic voters.
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A 1998 study by the US National Institute on Drug Abuse also found that diluting urine by drinking fluids can produce a false negative in urine tests for subjects who toked up just 22 hours before their test.
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Meanwhile, a federal judge in Maryland issued an opinion on Monday suggesting the new evidence was significant because it "potentially connects the dots between a discriminatory purpose -- diluting Hispanics' political power -- and Ross's decision" to add the question.
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When you're consistently taking the word of others and haven't maintained enough skill to perform basic discovery for yourself, you, as a CTO, are significantly diluting the power you have in driving true digital transformation for your company.
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The administration sided with Texas in defending the state's maps; the Justice Department under Obama had taken the opposite position, arguing that the evidence showed Texas's redistricting plans were aimed at diluting the voting strength of minority residents.
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Civil rights groups and Democrats are challenging redistricting plans in North Carolina and Virginia that they say packed African-Americans in districts that already had a high percentage of African-Americans, thus diluting their presence in other districts.
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Both seem like somewhat begrudging victories for the company, after years of digging in and refusing to embrace the smartphone explosion over concerns of diluting its brand and not being able to produce its customary hardware/software synergy.
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"While adhering to fiscal deficit targets and debt to GDP ratios, it is equally important to undertake robust expenditure planning based on a commonly agreed expenditure code to address the socioeconomic challenges without diluting fiscal consolidation," he said.
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Villeroy de Galhau also warned that diluting financial rules would pave the way for the next financial crisis, and that all countries should fully implement the full suite of the Basel global bank capital rules finalised last December.
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Separately, an energy ministry official said Russia has started diluting contaminated oil with clean crude at the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga where the organic chloride content is not expected to exceed 4 parts per million (ppm).
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Industry sources have told Reuters that major Russian oil companies have challenged a plan by Transneft that aims to resolve the problem of tainted oil stuck in Russia's pipeline and storage system by diluting it with clean crude.
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Construction work on TAP gives EU officials the first non-Russian gas pipeline to supply Europe since Algeria's Medgaz link nearly a decade ago, paving the way for diluting Gazprom's large one-third share of Europe's gas market.
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Allowing countries to join but then later opt out risks further diluting a plan that had already been criticized for not being completely mandatory by some environmentalists and European legislators, who had pushed for a more ambitious agreement.
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BP fired the opening shot last week by surprising the market with the resumption of share buybacks after diluting share value for three years through scrip dividends, where investors can opt to receive dividends in shares or cash.
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So this isn't just an issue for the people who put the adverts out there but any company who does advertising in the UK legitimately, trying to get their message across, this is diluting what you are doing.
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These drinks work by diluting your urine to the point where THC won't show up, and then replacing the vitamins, minerals, and color that are also lost in the dilution process so it doesn't raise any red flags.
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Some digital strategists also welcomed the policy changes from Google, noting that restricting the microtargeting would cause more ads to be seen by more people, therefore most likely diluting the effect of the more insidious types of messaging.
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However, growth was capped by power cuts during key weeks in December and prolonged periods of torrential rain in inland areas of South Africa, partially diluting the anticipated impact of an extra week of school holidays, it said.
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Opponents range from the far-right Swiss People's Party, which calls the treaty an unacceptable infringement of sovereignty, to the center-left Social Democrats, who reject diluting Swiss rules that protect Europe's highest wages from cross-border competition.
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But he could not quite stop himself from diluting the praise by pointing out that there is relatively little difference between the offense McVay runs and the one employed by Belichick and New England's offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels.
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Even in the cases of large releases of radioactive contaminants into the ocean like the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, the ocean is pretty good at diluting it to the point where it does not cause widespread ecological damage.
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But opponents range from the far-right Swiss People's Party, which calls the treaty an unacceptable infringement of sovereignty, to the centre-left Social Democrats, who reject diluting Swiss rules that protect Europe's highest wages from cross-border competition.
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A federal deputy since 1999, Maia is known as an able consensus builder who has reached out for support from leftist lawmakers when needed, a skill that will come in handy in diluting opposition to pension and labor reforms.
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The idea of the Jew as a "puppet master" secretly pulling the strings of world affairs for the express purpose of destabilizing governments or diluting the white population goes back at least to the days of the European Enlightenment.
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While it risks diluting its message by doing so much, Calm's plethora of services could make it a gateway to more of your personal health spend, including therapy, meditation retreats and health merchandise from airy clothing to yoga mats.
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TOKYO, June 29 (Reuters) - Idemitsu Kosan Co said on Wednesday it was not considering issuing new shares in a third-party allotment, denying a Kyodo News report that said the move was aimed at diluting the founding family's ownership.
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On the fiscal front, the government's policy guidelines set a new fiscal goal, the ratio of debt to gross domestic product, along with its primary budget surplus target, in what investors view as a shift toward diluting fiscal reform.
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"I'm not necessarily against the idea of them buying some assets at a good price, but I was adamantly against diluting the shareholders, especially in order to overpay for Bonanza," Icahn said in an interview ahead of the meeting.
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PARIS — It is too early to make definitive statements about how the expansion of the European Championships to 20 teams might (or might not) be diluting the quality of play at the tournament — although so far, scoring is down.
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In a bid to boost domestic consumption and make the economy somewhat less lopsided, Taiwan announced a T$882.4 billion ($29 billion) stimulus package in March, though the infrastructure spending will be spread over eight years, diluting its impact.
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A sample collected by the league in March showed Gordon, who was suspended for all of 2015 for testing positive for alcohol, had traces of marijuana and a diluting substance in his system, according to multiple news media reports.
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It has also set off concerns about diluting the power of one of Mr. Trump's most potent political assets, while raising questions about whether his team is facilitating the sort of political profiteering that he disparaged during his campaign.
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Now when Colbert expresses frustration or even white-hot anger, there's no intermediary joke diluting the intention behind it, as there was when he was satirizing Fox News bluster through the voice of a hyperbolic character on Comedy Central.
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Those two moves dealt with a problem called dead volume, and essentially making the cups smaller made the needle that went in the blood and aspirated the blood closer to the bottom, and diluting the blood created more volume.
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Saying "a lot of claimed benefits of breast-feeding are about mothers, and many are bogus," for example, overlooks the fact that most studies don't differentiate between any and exclusive breast-feeding, thus greatly diluting the associated beneficial results.
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But opponents range from the far-right Swiss People's Party, which calls the treaty an unacceptable infringement of sovereignty, to the centrer-left Social Democrats, who reject diluting Swiss rules that protect Europe's highest wages from cross-border competition.
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When the mike was passed around for audience questions, the first comment came from a retired nurse, an African-American woman who was worried that the Democrats were presenting too many choices to voters, and thus diluting their power.
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" A class-action lawsuit alleged that Philadelphia "tests an inordinate amount of low risk homes, diluting its testing pool and skewing the results in such a way as to paint a woefully inaccurate picture of the City's overall lead contamination.
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UK regulators have said Brexit gives Britain an opportunity to ditch the EU system of detailed rule-making, which they see as inflexible, and to focus on broad principles that can accommodate market changes more easily without diluting their robustness.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Texas Republicans by reviving electoral districts drawn by the state legislature that had been thrown out by a lower court for diluting the influence of black and Hispanic voters.
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The statement confirmed a Reuters report earlier in the week, which quoted sources as saying Riyadh was streamlining part of Vision 2030 without diluting key policies such as a big privatisation scheme and a drive to cut its budget deficit.
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Papua New Guinea plans to take a larger share of the Porgera gold mine as part of lease-renewal talks, diluting the ownership of joint venture partners Barrick Gold Corp and Zijin Mining Group, the country's commerce minister told Reuters.
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The stock has fallen from its $235-a-share highs earlier in the year after diluting shares with a secondary stock offering in August and ahead of a lock-up period that ends today and will likely prompt significant selling.
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The anti-EU SVP resents giving Brussels any say in Swiss affairs, while the left is dead set against diluting Swiss labour rules meant to protect Europe's highest wages from potential cut-rate EU workers on temporary cross-border assignments.
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The proposals, to be published in September, are aimed at diluting the power of big online operators, whose market share in areas such as search leads to unbalanced commercial negotiations between the search engine and content creators, according to officials.
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Affordable luxury brands such as Michael Kors and Coach have suffered after they expanded their retail presence too quickly and sold too heavily in outlet stores, diluting the exclusivity that once caused shoppers to line up for the next hot handbag.
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"This text is dead," SGB head Pierre-Yves Maillard told the NZZ am Sonntag paper, saying labor could never accept diluting Swiss rules that protect Europe's highest wages from cross-border competition or subjecting the rules to EU judges' review.
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The need to issue equity highlights how tax reform, viewed by many as a giveaway to corporate America, has come at a price for certain utility companies, diluting the holdings of some shareholders and delivering a hit to credit positions.
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The anti-EU SVP resents giving Brussels any say in Swiss affairs, while the left is dead set against diluting Swiss labor rules meant to protect Europe's highest wages from potential cut-rate EU workers on temporary cross-border assignments.
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Changes in the amount of dye would help the team understand how much the surrounding ocean water was diluting their mixture, while changes in the amount of the antacid would tell them how much was being absorbed by the lagoons' reefs.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Individual Russian track and field athletes assessed as clean will be able to compete for their country in Brazil, the Olympic Games' top official said on Tuesday, diluting a blanket ban the sport's global federation had called for.
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A man who worked as the lead tech in an Alabama pharmacy is accused of diluting painkilling medications administered by IV to dying cancer patients in order to feed his own alleged opioid addiction, according to charging documents obtained by PEOPLE.
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Opposition in Switzerland ranges from the far-right Swiss People's Party, which calls the treaty an unacceptable infringement of Swiss sovereignty, to the centre-left Social Democrats, who reject diluting Swiss rules that protect Europe's highest wages from cross-border competition.
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Although it allows more time to develop characters and their histories -- including flashbacks before their deployment, and jumping ahead beyond it -- those arcs perhaps cast too wide a net, diluting the powerful moments by creating more space to drift into melodrama.
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According to Judith Bennett, the preeminent historian of women brewers in this period of England's history, both the public and the male-dominated brewing industry accused brewsters of diluting or adulterating their ale with cheaper brews, and thus of cheating customers.
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But the party in power has throughout US history leveraged this ability to draw maps that are politically advantageous — by, for example, diluting the voting power of a certain demographic that's less likely to vote for the party in question.
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Contrary to Holmes's public statements, Theranos had allegedly been collecting blood samples using traditional methods and then diluting them so they could be run on machines made by other companies — not their much-hyped Edison technology (more on that below).
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In the meantime, ideological enemies of the pope within the church declared open war on Francis in 2018 and weaponized the sexual abuse scandal to weaken a pontiff who they are convinced is leading the church astray by diluting doctrine.
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MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Wednesday took the rare step of softening a government decision in the face of public pressure, diluting some parts of a much-despised pension overhaul that had prompted protests and dented his popularity.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared divided along ideological lines as it heard a bid by Texas to revive Republican-drawn electoral districts thrown out by a lower court for diluting the clout of black and Hispanic voters.
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By constantly yelling foul and seemingly twisting every action by law enforcement into an unfounded allegation of corruption, Trump and his friends in the media crying wolf so recklessly, they are diluting their own credibility to serve as reliable sources.
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Her role was met by a wave of outrage from a conservative, anti-gay and Christian group, "One Million Moms," which complained that the openly gay DeGeneres was diluting the Penney brand, and that group's members would refuse to shop there.
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Comedy wrestling gets a bad rap as being too gimmicky or diluting the melodrama the form is ideally capable of, but Royal Rumbles are long and the willingness to punctuate them with moments of silliness and irony shows strength, not weakness.
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"I believe the practice of diluting THC vaping products with vitamin E really took off this past year," Dr. Schuchat said, adding that the idea of using the vitamin additive had been promoted on YouTube and other social media platforms.
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He is tempted, however, into making everything new in the 17th century a result of climate change, and this can only be true by so diluting the notion of causation as to render his claim meaningless — or just plain vulnerable.
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As we wrote yesterday, it's not typical, but companies like Uber and now Didi will sometimes turn to lenders instead of investors for funding to avoid diluting existing investors' shares and when there are fewer private investors to tap for cash.
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WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The United States opened the way for more exemptions from its steel and aluminum tariffs on Friday, after pressure from allies and intense lobbying from lawmakers, further diluting the measures just a day after they were formally announced.
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In turn, that reform carries the risk of diluting wealthy franchises' incentive to maximise their turnover—a team that has to send 90% of its ticket sales into a central pool has little reason to bother trying to fill its stadium with fans.
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The controlling shareholders would be concerned about diluting their shareholding and, therefore, their controlling rights, said Moin Ladha, partner at law firm Khaitan & Co. Maintaining a 25% public shareholding has already been difficult and increasing it to 35% will be challenging, he said.
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The initial announcement was predictably met with derision and backlash on social media, largely from film critics and pundits who suggested the purpose of the award was to acknowledge immediately popular films like Black Panther without diluting the Academy's self-perceived gravitas.
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Backers bought 11.6 million shares for $13.71 a share, with the caveat that should an IPO price at $11 or less, giving the company a market cap around $1.4 billion, the investors would be granted an additional 2.3 million shares, diluting other stakeholders.
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In its plans for a 'digital single market' the Commission wants to make broadcasters' online transmissions more easily available across borders but that risks diluting the licensing value of content and therefore undermining the way films and TV shows are financed, lobbyists say.
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But commercial broadcasters and rightsholders say that making online offerings more widely available across borders would amount to de facto pan-EU licensing, diluting the value of exclusive rights such as those which the Premier League sells to Sky and BT in Britain.
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Armed with such results, Shell and Total are in payback mood to investors, buying back shares after diluting stakes with scrip dividends - consisting of shares rather than cash - introduced after the price crash which sent oil prices as low as $28 a barrel.
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But the fund has struggled to maintain ownership as some of its most profitable early bets like Airbnb and Thiel's data analytics startup Palantir bring in larger investors in later rounds and diluting Founders Fund's stake, according to the Wall Street Journal report.
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Diluting her paints to the fine consistency of watercolors, she applied the liquid to unprimed canvas, laid on the floor, so that it soaked through in broadly spreading stains, creating opalescent veils of color, bright yet soft, not quite like anything seen before.
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Philippe's commitment to stick to the deficit target despite over-spending this year by the previous government has raised concern among some economists that tax cuts promised by Macron may have to be pushed back, diluting their positive impact on the economy.
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Gandhi vowed to implement a long-delayed law on tribal rights if the party is voted into power, and accused the BJP of diluting the Forest Rights Act (2006) and an earlier law that gave indigenous communities veto power over protected land.
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The 9-0 ruling authored by Chief Justice John Roberts in a Wisconsin case is a blow to Democrats who argued the Republican-drawn maps prevented fair and effective representation by diluting voters' influence and penalizing voters based on their political beliefs.
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Since that snap poll was called last month, the pound has climbed almost 2.5 percent against the dollar, on the view that May's Conservative party will increase its majority, bringing stability and diluting the influence of eurosceptics who advocate a "hard Brexit".
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The controlling shareholders would be concerned about diluting their shareholding and, therefore, their controlling rights, said Moin Ladha, partner at law firm Khaitan & Co. Maintaining a 25% public shareholding has already been difficult and increasing it to 35% will be challenging, he said.
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" Later, Ms. Redstone's lawyers add, "This court has held that, absent a compelling justification (which is non-existent here), a board of directors breaches its fiduciary duty of loyalty by acting for the primary purpose of diluting a controlling stockholder's voting rights.
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The tartaric acid in wine, and the wine's diluting effect on the melted cheese, are essential for preventing the casein proteins in milk from clumping and creating the all-too-familiar sight of a cheese sauce seizing up and turning tight and stringy.
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The president also elevated more than 800 officers to the rank of general or admiral, not only ensuring the loyalty of those who get promotions but also diluting the authority of individual officers who might challenge the president, according to Mr. Polga-Hecimovich.
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But the release of the memo, over the intense opposition of the FBI and DOJ, shifted the House GOP from diluting oversight of Trump to actively cooperating in his efforts to weaken the federal law enforcement officials he believes could threaten him.
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With partisan gerrymandering, the political party that controls a state legislature uses the process of redrawing electoral districts after the U.S. census every decade to tighten its grip on power by diluting the influence of voters who tend to back the rival party.
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Leaked documents show strategies the cabinet is mulling include removing or diluting the 2014 article on quotas from the constitution, enshrining the supremacy of international treaties over domestic law, or adding an article stressing the importance of ties to the EU, its main trading partner.
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GERMAN PHARMACIST GETS 13 YEARS FOR DILUTING CANCER DRUGS Purdue did so while relying on continued users and high doses, according to the lawsuit: 104.3 million OxyContin tablets were prescribed in Tennessee from 2008 to 2017, with 53.7 percent of them 40 milligrams or higher.
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It's a high-stakes gambit that could have a short window of opportunity, however, because Mueller is coming to Capitol Hill just days before the month-long congressional recess begins in August, and the long summer break risks diluting the push for an impeachment inquiry.
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In contemplating the transactions, MGM (which controls MGP) could have taken more stock consideration for National Harbor; thereby diluting its position in MGP less, or MGM could have used the cash consideration for more creditor-friendly initiatives such as debt paydown or development capex.
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Supplying Prevnar 13 for adults "is not where the public health bang for the buck is," and "we're diluting the message that vaccinating the children is important," said Paul Hunter, a committee member and public health official in Milwaukee who voted against the 2014 recommendation.
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While riskier hard-tech startups that will take years to get to market will still need venture, a new crop of direct-to-consumer products and other fast-monetizing startups that are already humming can avoid diluting their team and investors by using Clearbanc.
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Indra will pay 60 percent of the offer in cash and will issue 12 million new shares, diluting existing share capital by 6 percent, to cover the remaining 40 percent to be paid in equity, Chairman Fernando Abril-Martorell said in a conference call.
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MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) - Russia has started diluting clean crude with contaminated oil at the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga where the organic chloride content is not expected to exceed 4 parts per million (ppm), TASS cited an energy ministry official on Thursday.
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Ms Wycech and Dr Kelly suspect that the compaction which transforms ooze into sedimentary rock forces carbon-containing compounds like bicarbonates into the shells, both making them more opaque and diluting their 14C—and thus causing them to appear older than they really are.
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Indian payments company BharatPe has raised $50 million in Series B funding to scale its business in India, per TechCrunch; Amazon and Google were reportedly in talks to participate in the round, but the startup's founding team passed due to concerns about "diluting their stakes."
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Organizers say they are concerned about striking the balance between making the movement inclusive of issues without diluting the message on family separation, Roisman says, as well as the balance between finding more for volunteers to do without exhausting them on an emotionally charged issue.
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Media reports in Australia and South Africa have alleged that the competition will be cut back to 15 teams next year after last year's expansion to 18 teams was widely blamed for creating inequity in the playoffs and diluting the quality of the rugby.
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"So, the thousands of actual citizens that should be able to vote but who are not because of the system, because of this law, that's not diluting the vote and that's not impairing the integrity of the electoral process, I take it?" she said.
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Employing barely coded anti-Semitism, they have built a warped portrayal of him as the mastermind of a "globalist" movement, a left-wing radical who would undermine the established order and a proponent of diluting the white, Christian nature of their societies through immigration.
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BEIJING — China's premier said on Tuesday that his government would respond to an economic slowdown by cutting taxes, easing burdens on the private sector and giving markets a bigger role — diluting the heavily pro-state pronouncements and policies that critics have warned were scaring investors.
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"Financial conditions only ease if market participants are confident enough to take risk but because of the huge economic unknowns right now still, investors will remain risk averse thus diluting the impact of this move," said Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group.
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With democracy and free markets under siege, it is the worst possible moment for the OECD to start diluting its standards, sending a message to other aspirants that membership can be had "on the cheap" — or, even worse, that it is a mere formality.
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Since the growth is not measured on a per share basis, Rosenstein claims management can drive up its payout by acquiring new production volume, even if it means diluting the value of its shares to purchase Rice's wells with stock, which Rosenstein believes is undervalued.
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Following the earnings diluting acquisitions of ZS Pharma and Acerta, we view financial leverage as temporarily not aligned with the 'A' IDR with funds from operations (FFO)-adjusted net leverage peaking at 33711021x at end-337144 (337120x in 33710003), breaching our negative guideline of 33711103x.
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Where Essaie Pas's original "Lights Out" progressed with a heart beat pulse, Orphx anesthetizes it, diluting the bass drum and slowing its pace ever so slighty, as if it were prolonging the inevitable feeling of fatigue after a long night out at the club.
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READ MORE: Fukushima's ground zero: No place for man or robot Conservatives worry that behind the gentle facade lies a dangerous reformer who is diluting Catholic teaching on moral issues like homosexuality and divorce while focusing on social problems such as climate change and economic inequality.
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Anteby says some companies will allow brands to participate in multiple gifting suites throughout the year, but says this is not ideal, at least in his experience as a brand owner, because then celebrities see the same brands over and over, diluting the value of the experience.
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Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina congressional district maps The ruling was a victory for the black North Carolina voters who had argued the plans packed African-Americans in districts that already had a high percentage of African-Americans, thus diluting their presence in other districts.
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Under that deal, Shenzhen Metro would become Vanke's biggest shareholder with 20.6 percent of the company, diluting the holdings of Baoneng and as well as those of state-owned China Resources Group - a proposal that has drawn the ire of both shareholders as well as regulatory scrutiny.
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He writes: Europe must now find some other way to dynamically incorporate the world of Islam without diluting its devotion to the rule-of-law-based system that arose in Europe's north, a system in which individual rights and agency are uppermost in a hierarchy of needs.
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When The New York Times reported in 2017 that the bar at the Grill, a restaurant in the former Four Seasons space, would be mixing, diluting and chilling its martinis in advance, a Twitter storm erupted, with cocktail purists decrying the move as depersonalized and anti-patron.
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In recent years, though, researchers have begun to realize that the extra carbon dioxide that humanity is pumping into the atmosphere isn't just warming the planet, it's also making some of our most important crops less nutritious by changing their chemical makeup and diluting vitamins and minerals.
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O. A source close to the matter said LetterOne's proposal would have resulted in Telecom Italia losing control, diluting a 67 percent stake it owns in TIM Brasil to around 30 percent of the combined entity, compared with a share of around 43 percent held by the investment group.
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From January through November, state-run oil firm PDVSA bought 19,000 bpd of crude mostly to feed its Isla refinery in Curacao and 234,000 bpd of refined products, including naphtha for diluting its extra heavy oil output, gasoline, diesel for power generation and components to make motor fuel.
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The anxiety about immigrants' diluting "American culture" that helped usher Donald J. Trump to victory has caused many Americans to forget that "American culture" itself began as an intrusion from foreign lands; Lakota people at Standing Rock also have a historically well-established reason to fear this culture.
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If the Republican establishment's strategy now is to deny Mr. Trump the nomination by keeping the field as large as possible — diluting his chances to reach a majority of delegates on the first round of votes at the party convention in July — the debate may have offered a preview.
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The deal also avoids diluting the stake of current Rent the Runway investors and shareholders in the near term; Temasek was issued some warrants as part of the deal, which gives the investor the right to buy shares in the company in the future at a predetermined price.
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Mr. Marcus, the author of the earlier Brown biography, said he had not read "Good Day, Good Night" and did not want to comment on the specifics of Ms. Gary's efforts, but that publishers risk diluting authors' reputations by publishing too much, or lesser examples, of their work.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The co-founder of Gunvor, Torbjorn Tornqvist, is diluting his stake in the company to allow employees to own more than a third of the fast-growing trading house by year-end to help to retain and recruit talent as it pursues its global expansion strategy.
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Soon after, power metal's high water mark met with an undignified demise thanks to a glut of also-rans—unoriginal copycats who tasked themselves with producing the same tired derivative releases for most of the last decade, thereby diluting the market and running the style into the ground.
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Goldman has for years grappled with how to tap into the mass affluent segment, broadly defined as those with less than $1 million in investable assets, without diluting the brand of its private wealth business which is considered a jewel within the bank, according to people familiar with the matter.
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I think his pride and ego are getting the best of him, but at the end of the day, Daniel is coming into himself as an artist, and he feels that he brings a very fresh perspective that he doesn't want anybody diluting, especially not at this stage of the game.
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"We think, especially in B2B and SaaS, there is a way to build a scalable, effective and efficient business without chasing massive fund raises, diluting your company, bringing on traditional venture investors and chasing those kind of on-paper vanity metrics," company CEO and co-founder Kyle York told TechCrunch.
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In refusing to separate punishments for foreign companies or executives that break the law from diplomatic considerations over unrelated issues like trade deals, Mr. Trump is "diluting the strength of our arguments for both," said David J. Hickton, a former United States attorney who specialized in prosecutions of Chinese hackers.
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It appears that there are a lot of shareholders that are not very happy with $FUEL, not just the way in which the share price has dropped but also the way in which the former executive team made their money and left, and also the recent share sale, potentially diluting their stock.
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Google and Amazon, both of which offer payment services in India, were also in advanced stages of talks to fund BharatPe's Series B financing round, but the startup's founding team was not keen on diluting their stakes, especially in the wake of BharatPe's recent growth, a person familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.
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The "fine people" of the so-called alt-right claim that Western society is beset by a subversive process called "white genocide," in which an imagined array of social forces permit ethnic minorities to foster the advancement of their own races while enticing white people to miscegenate, diluting whiteness out of existence.
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"Coach believes they can generate $50 million in synergies within three years after the deal closes, and they plan to do many of the same things to Kate Spade they already did to themselves: reduce its department store exposure, stop diluting the brand by participating in so many online flash sales," Cramer said.
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If that's the case, the company should not have to sell stock, diluting current shareholders, and should be able to make the numbers work well enough to accomplish most borrowing in the less-expensive market for bonds that are convertible into Tesla shares if the stock rises, Goldman said in a May report.
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On one side there are moderate members, for whom the AfD is basically a protest vote; on the other is what he called a "dark core" of true believers—people like Björn Höcke, a former history teacher who has said that the "reproductive strategies" of Africans are diluting the ethnic-German population.
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In recent years, old masters, the traditional mainstay of the fair, have fallen out of fashion; sister Tefaf events have been established in New York, at the risk of diluting the appeal of the European mother ship; and Tefaf Maastricht has struggled to attract and retain exhibitors that draw in contemporary collectors.
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As this city cleans up from nightmare storms that cut a swath across the central part of the state on Tuesday, killing at least two dozen people across four counties, some residents of North Nashville also worried that the tornado's destruction would exacerbate the forces that have been diluting their neighborhood's character and culture.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia, further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets.
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The suit, filed Friday on behalf of eleven Democratic voters, says the district lines violate the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Michigan residents by diluting the influence of their votes, a process called "cracking and packing," splitting some Democratic constituencies among several Republican-leaning districts and packing others together in heavily-Democratic seats.
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My biggest concern, to be honest, with this entire project is that if in order to make Joe more palatable ultimately, which I think is some of the task at hand, in making him more palatable, do we risk diluting the very thing that he needs to be, which is kind of a disgusting human being?
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"While news of an acquisition tends to dent the acquirer's share price (spending cash/diluting shareholders by issuing shares, risk of overpaying, integration risk, etc) the fact that this addition to the SMIN stable can be merged with its existing detection business is being well-received," Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, said in a note.
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Google's hope is that by producing unique phones — and selling lots of them — it can take back control of Android, which is used freely by smartphone manufacturers from Samsung to Huawei which barely mention Android and are increasingly adding their own apps and services on top to stand out, and diluting Google's vision of Android in the process.
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Rather than joining forces with Canada to preserve key parts of the agreement, Mexico appears to have conceded to all three of Trump's main demands, including increasing North American–manufactured content requirements in the auto industry, introducing a sunset provision to potentially end the agreement every six years (after the first 10), and diluting trinational dispute-resolution mechanisms.
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Bolt, the European challenger to ride-hailing giant Uber, has secured 50 million euros ($56 million) in debt financing from the lending arm of the EU. The European Investment Bank, or EIB, has invested in Bolt through a venture loan, which is used as an alternative to taking equity in a start-up to avoid diluting existing shareholders' ownership.
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The cheap money is letting private equity, which doesn't have to worry about diluting the price of an already public stock that has a lower price-to-earnings multiple than merger targets often command, offset the disadvantage of not being able to cut staff and functions at the target company that duplicate what the acquirer already has, they added.
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Creditors in Oi, Brazil's largest fixed line carrier, approved the restructuring plan in December, turning U.S. hedge funds such as Goldentree Asset Management LP and York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC into significant shareholders, and diluting the stake of major Portuguese shareholder Pharol SGPS SA. The plan has been formally recognized in courts in Brazil and the United States.
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Even if they lose, they often succeed in delaying and diluting Trump's policies, according to Paul Nolette, a Marquette University political science professor who has created a massive database to track every lawsuit brought against the Trump administration.. "The number of lawsuits against the Trump administration is off the charts compared to how states and AGs have approached previous administrations," said Nolette.
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Election reformers in both parties had hoped the justices would rein in the intensified use of partisan gerrymandering, a practice in which the party that controls a state legislature uses the process of redrawing electoral districts after the U.S. census every decade to tighten its grip on power by diluting the influence of voters who tend to support the rival party.
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We have our defining program, we have our defining training program for our content, we have defined what this experience, people at home are committing to for 45 minutes, the routine, and we take it very seriously how we interact with our users and what type of feedback they are providing to continue to make sure that we're not diluting our experience.
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This is sort of a cruel irony, given that, just three days ago, on Friday, the CDC released findings that suggest vitamin E acetate, which is mostly used in THC products for diluting and thickening, but is also sometimes used in nicotine-only liquids, is the likely culprit behind the outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses that began in mid-August.
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Richemont's deal with Alibaba will allow sites like Net-a-Porter to begin business on Luxury Pavilion, an invitation-only luxury platform on Alibaba's Tmall site — even as many Western brands are continuing to be cautious in their embrace of Chinese e-commerce and alliances with local internet platforms, primarily because of fears of counterfeiting and the risk of diluting the exclusivity of their products.
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Tesla shares briefly sold off this morning with the announcement that the company plans to raise $2 billion by selling new shares of stock — diluting the shares of people who already own Tesla — but analysts are saying the money will let Tesla expand faster and secure its sources of batteries as it pushes into giant markets for small sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks.
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I have complex feelings about my presence here as a white person, on one hand, it feels like Good Allyship™️ to show up and use my privilege as a Nonthreatening Blonde to put myself between more vulnerable marchers and the police; but on the other hand, it feels a bit like resistance-LARPing, and I worry all the other white people and I are diluting the gravity of the message.
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JEFFREY SCHIFF Brooklyn To the Editor: I invite David Brooks to picture Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office vetoing bill after bill passed by a Republican-controlled Congress (which is what the polls are projecting) — legislation abolishing the Environmental Protection Agency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, gutting Medicare and Social Security, abolishing voter rights, abolishing financial controls on Wall Street, sweeping away women's and gender rights, diluting freedom of choice for women … the list is endless.
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Interior minister Amber Rudd was one of several senior Conservative lawmakers to take to the airwaves to support Prime Minister Theresa May, under pressure from Brexit hardliners who fear she is diluting her plans for a clean break with the EU. With reports in the local media suggesting that pro-Brexit ministers are being urged to get ready to replace May, Rudd tried to play down the deep divisions in government, saying there was more unity than so-called Brexiteers thought.
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As to why Kalanick may have decided to forge ahead with something new instead of focusing on Uber, the Verge noted that with the recent resolution of certain power struggles on the company's board, the chances of any eventual return to power for him there have faded further:However, in a recent deal with Japanese telecom SoftBank, Uber's power structure shifted, diminishing Kalanick's control of the Uber board by diluting his shares and giving SoftBank control of two board seat appointments alongside a change to the voting power of shareholders.
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